Hip-hop icons Eric B & Rakim are reuniting for a 2018 U.S. tour – their first full-scale run in two decades.

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Eric B & Rakim announced a U.S. spring reunion tour, marking the hip-hop duo’s first full-scale trek in two decades. The group posted a since-deleted tweet with the dates on Monday; however, a rep for Rakim told Rolling Stone that theshows are “100 percent confirmed.”

The 18-date tour launches April 8th in Boston and concludes May 3rd in San Francisco. The upcoming run follows the group’s one-off reunion show at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in July 2017, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of their landmark debut LP, 1987’s Paid in Full. The duo performed the entire album during their set, which featured guest spots from EPMD, Main Source, Flavor Fav, Ma$e, Ice-T, Roxanne Shante, Maino and T La Rock, among others.

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Eric B announced plans for an extensive reunion with Rakim in October 2016, but a tour didn’t materialize at the time. The duo also teased plans to remaster all four of their albums and film new videos for classic songs like “I Ain’t No Joke” and “Paid in Full.” Last year, they reissued Paid in Full on “money green” vinyl.

The seeds of the reunion date back to July 2016, when Eric B. attended Rakim’s benefit show for the Universal Hip Hop Museum in Newark, New Jersey – the first time in years they’d been in the same room.